Disney is cranking open the vault with a selection from the Walt Disney Signature Collection. ‘Lady and the Tramp‘ will be widely released onto Digital and Blu-ray in February. If you want to add the blu-ray to your collection, it will become available on February 27, and the digital copy becomes available a week before that on February 20.

We have a very fun 66th episode of our fun podcast under the MULTI-MEDIA MEN banner called ‘Media-Ocrity‘, where the show is just – okay. Here on the show, we focus strictly on horror/sci-fi, comic books, and video games – basically all the fun stuff that tickles your fancy. In our 66th episode, titled ‘Marvel and DC celebrate the Holidays‘, where we discuss the new trailers for ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom‘ and ‘Ready Player One‘, along with discussions on Disney purchasing 20th Century Fox and what that would mean for the superhero universe. We also talk about scenarios if Marvel and DC made a movie together with Justice League and Avengers. Then we dive into the holidays, where we talk about the best Christmas music and our favorite holiday presents we ever got. It was so much fun. This episode is guaranteed to thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you. I am joined pop-culture wizard Jonathan Atterbury and comic book artist Jeremy Megert.

So we’ve been waiting for what seems like forever to ever get another Incredibles movie and Pixar has finally granted our wish. The film isn’t slated to debut until June 15, 2018 we couldn’t expect much footage to be shared yet. What we do have is a teaser that is less than 60 seconds, but shows us that we’re at the same time-frame the original film ended. Either that or Jack-Jack just isn’t going to age, but John Lasseter revealed that the second film “starts right as the first one finishes, so it just carries on”. Read the rest of this entry »

It may have taken long enough, but Disney (to be read Kathleen Kennedy) finally found a director they can get along with when it comes to the super-successful ‘Star Wars‘ franchise. There was a ton of tension on-set between Kennedy and original ‘The Last Jedi‘ directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller which led to a parting of the ways and ideas for new directors were naming almost anyone in Hollywood to take up the reigns until Rian Johnson was named as successor. He stayed in step with Kennedy’s vision for the film and ultimately has gained enough trust to be given the power to develop a new trilogy of films that will live in the ‘Star Wars‘ universe, along with collaborator Ram Bergman, but a different galaxy.

We have a very fun 56th episode of our fun podcast under the MULTI-MEDIA MEN banner called ‘Media-Ocrity‘, where the show is just – okay. Here on the show, we focus strictly on horror/sci-fi, comic books, and video games – basically all the fun stuff that tickles your fancy. In our 56th episode, titled ‘3 Witches in Disneyland‘, we talk about Stephen King movies and television shows for the Halloween season, the Hocus Pocus remake, visiting Disneyland, and more. It was so much fun. This episode is guaranteed to thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you. I am joined pop-culture wizard Jonathan Atterbury and comic book artist Jeremy Megert.

If you didn’t love ‘Ducktales‘ in the late 1980’s can you really call yourself a Disney fan? Who knows?! The point is we’re so fracking close to August 12 – only 3 more days until the rebooted animated series premieres on Disney XD.

D23 gave us some news today that will have all the live-action fans among us cheering. Disney has officially found their three main leads for the live-action ‘Aladdin‘! Mena Massoud (TV series ‘Jack Ryan‘) will be taking on the titular role of Aladdin, Naomi Scott (‘Power Rangers‘) will play Princess Jasmine, and Will Smith (‘Suicide Squad‘)will be giving life to the Genie.

It looks like Disney is releasing more in 4K UHD since they announced their first 4K release with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 the other day. I expect the flood gates to open up real soon, which means, Pixar, 2D animated classics, Marvel, and LucasFilm releases will be coming out in 4K. Bittersweet news, I know. Sweet, because it will look amazing in 4K finally. Bitter, because the wallet will take a big hit. Expect to purchase the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales‘ in 4K UHD on October 3rd with the digital version releasing on September 19th.

Disney invites you to bring home the timeless tale beloved by generations, ‘Beauty and the Beast‘, on Digital HD, Blu-ray and Disney Movies Anywhere June 6. We’re invited behind the scenes for a table read, over 10 minutes of deleted scenes, tons of featurettes and music videos.

There are some things that are certainties in life. Disney is slowly making their way through their animated film catalog and reconstructing them as live-action films. Another certainty we can count on is that big stars are climbing onto these new films like crazy. So it’s no surprise that Will Smith is eyeing a leading role in the classic 1941 story ‘Dumbo‘ that’s been in pre-production for a while with director Tim Burton.

Disney has put the gears in motion to adapt another of their animated properties into a live-action film. This time, it’s not the expected character to anchor the story. The story of Winnie the Pooh is up on the block, but Christopher Robin will be the main character in the feature titled simply ‘Robin‘.

Kevin Hart is coming back together with his ‘Ride Along‘ team member Will Packer for Disney comedy ‘Dashing Through the Snow‘. Packer as producer and Hart is in talks to star as the big man himself, Santa Claus.

The enchanting sequel to Disney’s ‘Alice in Wonderland‘, ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass‘, debuts October 18 on home video formats October 18. No matter what your preferred method of viewing movies is, there’s an option for everyone, available on Digital HD, Blu-ray, DVD, On-Demand and Disney Movies Anywhere.

If you’ve been wanting more of Disney’s ‘The Rocketeer‘ you’re in luck! We’ve discovered that the company is looking at a sequel-reboot of the property to be titled ‘The Rocketeers‘. The project will comply with current the demand for diversity and will be anchored by a black female character.

Disney’s epic film ‘The Lion King‘ created die hard fans of all ages and those fans keep introducing their kids to it which means there are millions of fans out there hungry for more animated antics. To keep the franchise fresh Disney continued the series with Simba and Nala’s cub, Kion and his Lion Guard and their adventures throughout the Pride Lands. On September 20th their film collection grows as ‘The Lion Guard: Unleash the Power‘ is released.

Disney movies are a hallmark of most of our childhoods and they were awesome, but nothing more than an animated break from reality in an air conditioned theater. For one child with autism they appeared as a lifeline helping him cope and connecting him to a world he doesn’t understand. In ‘Life, Animated‘ Owen Suskind is the focus of the story and in this documentary we get an up-close look at Owen’s life as a young boy to the young man he is now, getting ready to live in his own apartment. One thing that is guaranteed about this doc – there will be tears.

I’ve been waiting for this Disney animated film to release already, because I’ve been hearing so much about it for so long. The new film is called ‘Moana‘ and takes place in the South Pacific and is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker who did ‘The Little Mermaid‘.

Christmas Day 2018 will see the release of a long-awaited sequel to a beloved movie from Disney that debuted in 1964, I’m talking about ‘Mary Poppins‘ of course! Julie Andrews won’t be floating in to save the day as the carpet bag has been passed to Emily Blunt who will star in ‘Mary Poppins Returns‘.

‘Big Hero 6‘ is headed to new life as an animated series on Disney XD and is set to premiere in 2017. This news leads me to ask one big question: Is Fall Out Boy going with it? I fully endorse a world where more kids are singing “Immortals” and less kids are singing “Let It Go“!

If you were a fan of the 1977 animated version of Disney’s ‘Pete’s Dragon‘, then chances are you’re excited for the live-action version, I am beyond stoked for it and the new trailer that just dropped has done nothing but make me more excited!

One of the hottest “It” girls at the moment, Emma Stone, is looking into her next role. She’s working on a musical, ‘La La Land‘ from the director of ‘Whiplash‘ Damien Chazelle, Stone is also currently in pre-production for ‘Battle of the Sexes‘ as tennis legend, Billie Jean King.

From Director James Bobin (‘The Muppets‘, ‘Da Ali G Show‘) comes the sequel we’ve waited 5 years for and the trailer makes it seem that waiting was more than worth it. Everyone’s back with a few new characters like Sacha Baron Cohen as the mysterious and evil Lord of Time.

So we’ve seen a trailer for ‘The Good Dinosaur‘ and have had enough to get more than just a little excited for next month’s debut of the latest Pixar/Disney venture. In all the years, the things we’ve come to expect from the duo tell us there will be an awesome short film to enjoy before the main attraction and this time it’s no different.

Disney has brought on some release dates for movies through the year 2020, and leading that announcement is the summer of 2017 opening of Pixar’s ‘Cars 3’ and the crazily anticipated 2019 opening of ‘The Incredibles 2‘.

In brilliant minds of Disney-Pixar, ‘Inside Out‘ one of the summer’s hottest movies and this fall it’s going to be available to purchase! After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

Disney is going all retro and dipping back into one of the original theme park attractions that opened when Disneyland did to find Jungle Cruise and make a movie based on the ride. In a little bit of an ironic twist, The Jungle Cruise was vaguely based on a film to begin with – ‘The African Queen‘ with simulating 1930’s adventures from a British explorer’s lodge aboard a tramp steamer. From there, the waterways were open leading you through various tropical locales simulating a riverboat cruise down several major rivers of Asia, Africa and South America.

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author and manga artist. His career has traveled five decades and he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of anime feature films. The success of his films has invited comparisons with Walt Disney and American directors Steven Spielberg and Orson Welles.

Coming Thanksgiving of this year, Pixar and Disney comes a fantastic family feature, ‘The Good Dinosaur‘. The film answers the question “What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?” We enter a world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. The pair travel through a harsh and mysterious landscape where both learn the power of confronting their fears and discovering what they’re truly capable of.

Disney has found another story they are mining for live-action and it’s not exactly a remake of one of their established animated classics. It’s a prequel to the 1992 smash-success ‘Aladdin‘ titled ‘Genies‘. While the project has a producer and writers, there is no director attached to the undertaking at the moment.

Walt Disney Animation Studio is putting together another shorts collection for Digital HD, Disney Movies Anywhere and DVD and Blu-ray. This will be the In-Home Debut for a handful of the shorts. Mark your calendars, if you want your copy on Digital HD or Disney Movies Anywhere, you get an early date of August 11, 2015, if you’re waiting for DVD or Blu-ray, you can pick those up on August 18, 2015. Read on to check out Disney’s lineup.

Disney has made the day a big one for announcements and there is one more to add to the list. Disney Channel has put into motion an animated series based on the 2010 feature film, ‘Tangled‘. One of the greatest things that irritated me about a series based on an excellent film is the voices are always different. Kind of close, if we’re lucky, but never quite what we are used to, until now. Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi will reprise their roles as Rapunzel and Eugene or Flynn Rider.

Disney has selected the next project for their ongoing trend of animation to live-action series, there’s a catch this time though. The source material was not a full-length film on it’s own, rather it was part of a compilation Disney produced in 1940 under the umbrella name of ‘Fantasia‘. The closing sequence of the musical conglomeration ‘Night on Bald Mountain‘, is the storyline that will receive a full live-action film treatment.

‘Doctor Who‘ is teaming up with an unlikely network, but Disney XD has picked up the rights to the new Who, in particular Seasons 2 through 4, or the Tennant years. Beginning May 9, DisneyXD will kick off their Who programming with a special.

Disney is right in the middle of their latest trend in film. Taking their own smash animated stories and flipping them around, re-working them into live-action films providing double the bank off a single story. If you’re talking box office success, they’re mega-hits, if you’re looking at critically, they’ve missed the end zone more than they’ve scored. Next up for the family studio is ‘Beauty and the Beast‘.

Walt Disney Pictures has selected the next story up for the live-action remake with ‘Mulan‘. The company has been hell bent on taking successful animated stories, blowing up the fantasy worlds they live in, including the already larger-than-life villains, then dropping the wide-eyed hero into the setting and let the story unfold. This is a pretty cool idea, however Disney has yet to pull a live-action crossover out of their hat that was better than it’s animated mirror. Read the rest of this entry »

Disney has done it again, they’ve taken a popular musical and put it on screen. There are all kinds of takes on how well the film did, the casting choices and even the songs (Hello? Didn’t anyone see the original show before?), not to mention the flack over the prolific double entendres uttered by Johnny Depp’s Big Bad Wolf to Lilla Crawford’s Red Riding Hood, once again, did you NOT see the original people? I loved it, one of the high points is Meryl Streep as the witch. Meryl is flawless regardless her role. Now the Blu-ray is coming on March 24, 2015!!!

“Life is like a hurricane here in Duckburg.” That’s right, folks. Disney XD has revived ‘Ducktales‘ to come back as a new animated series in 2017. Scrooge McDuck along with his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and of course Donald, will be back in action.

While the world is focusing on auld lang syne and bringing 2014 to a close, Disney is pointedly looking to the future or “To infinity and beyond!” as Buzz Lightyear would say. Walt Disney Studios has given us a wide list of release dates for 2015 including the first Star Wars since the mouse has taken ownership. It’s a big lineup and will, no doubt, bring in a wega-payday for the company. In the last year, three films, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy‘, ‘Maleficent‘ and ‘Captain America Winter Soldier‘ brought in over $700 million world-wide on their own. It stands to reason they can expect the same from 2015. Let’s kick it off with some animation!

Here is the teaser trailer that was just showed for the big crowd at New York Comic-Con during Disney’s panel, where they focused on ‘Tomorrowland‘. George Clooney made a surprise appearance at the comic convention to showcase the trailer. Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, Britt Robertson, and Hugh Laurie were also in attendance. Hope you enjoy it.

I am – officially – in love with this new bit of news! Once we heard that Disney was adapting the classic Rudyard Kipling tale ‘The Jungle Book‘ from their original animated format into the second-life of live-action release, the stars attached have gotten bigger and better. Jon Favreau (of ‘Iron Man‘ 1 and 2 fame) is on board to direct some awesomely pedigreed thespians in this venture.

Disney has made a name for itself with family-friendly entertainment. It’s got a logo that any toddler recognizes and parents can guarantee that if it’s bearing the Disney name it’s a safe bet that at least someone in the family will love it. I’m not saying Disney is getting stale, they are having to work harder than ever now to remain atop the family pyramid of entertainment since there are so many other contenders in that category now.

I love a good Disney movie. I still watch Disney cartoons under the guise of “my kids want to watch it”, no one buys this anymore, it just makes me feel a little less like a 7 year old if I pass it off as the kids. Like anything, there are favorites and then you have those not-so-favorites that you watch only if you have to and you’re going to stare at the top corner of the screen to try and keep from crying. ‘Dumbo‘ falls into that category for me. It has it’s good points, a drunk mouse is ALWAYS hysterical, but the whole separating Dumbo from his mom is just mean. I get it, there has to be an event that moves the story forward and apparently this heart-crushingly brutal scene is vital. I can’t listen to Alison Krauss sing ‘Baby Mine‘ as that is enough to send the water-works into a permanent and soul-crushing on position.

When we talk about ‘Frozen‘ a few things probably jump to mind. Be it the icy tundra it’s set in, the fantastic, albeit overplayed ‘Let it Go‘, or the comic relief that is either Olaf the hug-loving snowman or how John Travolta stumbled over the name Idina Menzel during the Academy Awards that created memes and quizzes as far as the eye could see.

Disney has always been more than just an animated studio, but when you produce such awesomeness as ‘Sleeping Beauty‘, ‘Robin Hood‘, ‘Peter Pan‘, ‘Aladdin‘ and ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ it’s not something that is always remembered. Plus, we begin life learning that a Disney movie is something animated with catchy songs, at least that’s what my kids learned first. The studio has been finding different ways to get more bang for their buck for a long time. That’s why there will be a celebrated release, MAYBE a sequel in theaters, then a third or more straight to DVD. Take that same movie with established characters and it pops up on the Disney Channel as a brand new animated series. Not to mention the obligatory Disney park tie-in and the countless branding options from clothing to toys to bedding and all things in between.

South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin is known for being the cool place to be for music, movies, and tech every March. And it’s now starting to branch out into the art scene. For last 2 years Mondo Gallery, a collectible art boutique with a rabid fan base and part of the uber popular Alamo Drafthouse, has had gallery openings during SXSW with lines of buyers, stretching for blocks, waiting for hours, and in some cases, days.

Disney. Why did it have to be Disney? I kid. Well, it was only a matter of time before Disney got their mouse mittens on the ‘Indiana Jones‘ franchise. So let’s go down the list shall we? Disney now has Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and now Indiana Jones. Soon Disney will have everything, including all of the Ernest movies. Paramount sold the rights to the franchise to Disney today, which includes marketing and distribution deals. Recently, Disney bought LucasFilm, which means they have ‘Star Wars‘ now, but not ‘Indiana Jones‘.

Maleficent is by far one of the most wicked of all Disney villains. She appears at will, places curses on babies and that’s all before she turns into a bloody behemoth of a dragon! I just saw the new poster Disney released for “Maleficent“. This is the big movie we’ve heard of for so long that Angelina Jolie was supposed to be just perfect for.

If Hollywood teaches us anything lately it’s that evil sells. Think of Disney, alone. You will be hard pressed to find any of their cash cow cartoons without an utterly evil antagonist. Which I love. It seems like you take the scary, evil guy in any horror movie and stack them against Dr. Facilier from ‘Princess and the Frog‘, or Maleficent from ‘Sleeping Beauty‘, and my favorite, although he’s far less scary – Captain Hook from ‘Peter Pan‘. I repeat. Evil sells. Every major motion picture studio and every 3rd grader with dreams of being a film maker know this, too.

Since Disney now has all the rights to George Lucas‘ work under Lucas pictures, which includes the epic ‘Star Wars‘ franchise, they are fast tracking tons of ‘Star Wars‘ projects for future releases. We all know that J.J. Abrams will be directing Episode VII and actually has Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher returning to reprise their roles for the sequels. Even better news, Disney is finally listening to the fans, something Lucas never did, and are finally releasing the original trilogy on blu-ray in their original and unaltered versions as they were seen over 30 years ago.

It was so great to see this newly remastered ‘Peter Pan’ from Disney. The image is pristine and is the best this animated film has ever looked. Plus, Disney decided to give it a 7.1 lossless DTS-HD audio mix, which just sounds amazing. I can’t believe it has been since 1953 since we first watched this animated instant classic capture the hearts of many. It’s truly remarkable to have this on blu-ray.

Good news, everyone. Disney and Lucas Film have decided to scrap the future releases of the original ‘Star Wars‘ films in 3D. Thank the gods for this one. As we previously reported a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Lucas was re-releasing the original ‘Star Wars‘ film in 3D in theaters, starting with ‘Episode I: The Phantom Menace‘.

Here is the 2nd trailer for ‘The Lone Ranger‘ starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. The first trailer we watched came out a few months ago and was about a minute shorter than this one. I hope this turns out good and not like the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean‘ films. Gore Verbinski has teamed up with Depp again to make this epic picture, and at one time was going to be one of the most expensive films ever made, and the studio axed the project all together.

The ‘Tron‘ sequel seems to be back on the table over at Disney and is currently referred to as ‘Tron 3‘ and will be direct sequel to the 2010 ‘Tron: Legacy‘ film. Joseph Kosinksi is attached to return to the director’s chair for this sequel under the supervision of Alan Horn, Disney Studio’s new head honcho. Jesse Wigutow has also been asked to re-write the script, which Wigutow this will be the first major project for Wigutow.

Netflix still seems to be alive and well, despite their enormous price hike and falling shares. Disney announced yesterday that it had inked a deal with Netflix to show films from it’s studios including Disney, Pixar, and Marvel. This seems like a bigger deal than the arrangement Netflix once had with Starz.

I can’t believe it’s been more than ten years since the last episode of ‘Boy Meets World has a new episode. Since it’s solid seven season run on ABC, the Disney Channel is gearing up a sequel series for the show and has even made the deal with Michael Jacobs, the co-creator and executive producer of ‘Boy Meets World’.

Disney has just announced that it has agreed to purchase George Lucas’ production company LucasFilm Ltd, which does include the rights to all of ‘Star Wars’. In bigger news, the companies are developing ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’ for a release in the yar 2015. The transaction is estimated at over $4 billion.

Jon Ham (Mad Men) has joined the cast of ‘Million Dollar Arm’ where he’ll play a sports agent based on real life agent J.B. Bernstein. Bernstein discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players.

To satisfy consumer demand and serve the growing base of Blu-ray™ households, The Walt Disney Studios today announced plans to add more than 30 popular and iconic films to its ever-expanding Blu-ray™ library. Each film selected for release has been fully digitally remastered, with dirt and anomalies cleaned to a pristine level, offering viewers optimum high definition picture and sound quality of some of their favorite films.

Amazon.com is currently having a 50% off sale on four of their epic Disney deluxe box sets. The four sets include: The Pirates of the Caribbean box set, The Toy Story box set, The Cars (Pixar) box set, and The Lion King box set. This is a great deal and it will last all week. SO be sure to stock up for the holidays or treat yourself to one of these amazing box sets.

The series will be called ‘Pac Man: The Adventure Begins and will air on the Disney XD channel. The series will be in something called stereoscopic 3D meaning I think it will be a CG kind of show. Avi Arad who produced the Spider-Man films will produce this show along with Rick Unger (X-Men Evoultion).

So of course with the recent success of Lion King in 3D and being released in theaters again, Disney and Pixar are going to release a multitude of older films from their archives back in theaters in 3D. And why wouldn’t they? Lion King this past week has made tons and tons of money. Read below what films we can expect first in 3D.

BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide is joining forces with visionary filmmaker James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the world of AVATAR to life at Disney parks. Through an exclusive agreement announced today by Disney, Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox, Disney will partner with Cameron and producing partner Jon Landau to create themed lands that will give theme park guests the opportunity to explore the mysterious universe of AVATAR first hand. Disney plans to build the first AVATAR themed land at Walt Disney World, within the Animal Kingdom park. With its emphasis on living in harmony with nature, Animal Kingdom is a natural fit for the AVATAR stories, which share the same philosophy. Construction is expected to begin by 2013.

“Disney has licensed the rights from Fox, and the movie’s director, James Cameron, will help to develop the attractions, CEO Bob Iger says. The first will be at Animal Kingdom in Orlando. The goal, he says, is to enable visitors to “enter the Avatar universe and explore it first hand.” Cameron adds that “to bring that to life at Animal Kingdom is fantastic because it’s so thematically aligned….We want to do things that maybe they haven’t even thought of.”

This film is so amazing. It reminds me a lot of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ in the way of how the family deals with their issues and sticks together. I love seeing films like this. Very feel good story with extremely likable and relatable characters who stick together. Disney is really on a roll with their foreign films. This film, ‘Do Dooni Chaar’ is not just a great foreign film, but a movie you can add to any collection of you love movies. What a treat this was.

Again, how awesome is it that Disney is releasing foreign films in the sci-fi fantasy genre? It’s kick-ass I tell you. This film, ‘Once Upon a Warrior’ is pretty epic if I may say so. First off the film is a little on the hardcore side and is over two hours long. So you know there is definite story and character development in this film for kids. The visuals are fantastic and the special FX are almost top notch. I was surprised on how crazy cool this film was.

I really love that Disney is releasing films from around the world. I think it is great that kids and adults alike will get the chance to see what movies are like from other far off countries. One of those films is ‘Zokkomon’ which sounds like a Pokemon character but it is a Hindu film about the magic of being a hero. It really came across very well and was delighted to watch it.

THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS TAKES FANS BEHIND THE SCENES AT DISNEY’S D23 EXPO, AUGUST 19-21
BURBANK, Calif. – August 9, 2011 – Exclusively at Disney’s D23 Expo August 19-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Disney film fans will go behind the scenes to explore the exciting roster of projects on the horizon at The Walt Disney Studios, with a variety of panel discussions, sneak peeks and exhibits.Read the rest of this entry »

Disney has just purchased the rights to remake ‘Quantum Hoops’ which is a 2007 documentary that followed the 2006 Caltech basketball team that had 21 seasons and 245 conference games without a single win. This team lost each game regularly with a sixty point deficit. Ben Stiller’s ‘Red Hour’ production company will produce the film which will be a comedy based on the documentary. It will be based on the “story of a group of brainiacs and future world political and industrial titans who tried to overcome a lack of athletic skills by getting an exiled NCAA coach to lead their team to what seemed for two decades an impossible dream: one in the ‘win’ column.”

Yes, Disney has just set two release dates for unknown Marvel Comics films. Both of which are in 2014. So we know there will be an ‘Iron Man 3’ film, and sequels to both ‘Thor’ and ‘Captain America’. Also there will be an ‘Ant-Man’ film made by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead/Scott Pilgrim) and Joe Cornish who did the amazing ‘Attack The Block’ film. Could it be possible that Joss Whedon will be working back to back on an ‘Avengers’ sequel?

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ from Disney is sounding awesome. The new CG animated Disney film looks to be about a bad villain in a video game who wants to prove he can be a good guy. Now that just sounds AWESOME. The press releases says it will be a simple 8-bit video game. Oh nostalgia. Sounds like ‘Toy Story’ with a little bit of the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ mixed in. This could be really good. Plus it already has some great actors lending their voices for the animated film including: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silveman, Jane Lynch, and Jack McBrayer. Read the entire press release below.

Official word from Disney is that we will be getting ‘Lion King’ on Bluray on October 4th, 2011. Add to that on September 16th, an all-new 3D version of ‘Lion King’ will be released in theaters. Below is the official press release for your viewing pleasure.

A while ago, Disney shut down the “Star Tours” ride to do some revamping and remodeling. If you are not familiar with “Star Tours” it is a ride that takes you through the entire Star Wars universe at Disney theme parks. We have the official press release that will tell you some information about what to expect from the all new and improved ride. “Warp Speed Ahead!” Fuck! Wrong movie!

The other day I posted a story HERE where I talked about an article that a guy who works for Disney wrote about all of those “walkaround” characters you see at Disney Theme parks such as Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto. Basically the greedy asshole suits at Disney wanted to start charging kids and their families a sizeable charge for a “photopass” which would allow the kids and families to take pictures with their favorite characters behind velvet rope with security.

I remember going to Disney World when I was about five years old back in the early 80’s. I went with my parents and some of my parents friends and their kid. Words cannot begin to describe what it was like going to The Magical Kingdom or Epcot. See back then, they didn’t have Universal Studios or Nickelodeon, or any of the other movie themed rides. It all was about Disney characters. And their one very HUGE draw was that I got to meet all my favorite Disney characters in person.

Jon Favreau is in talks with disney to develop and make a film called “The Magic Kingdom”. He still is working on “Cowboys and Aliens” and I know he will be doing Iron Man 3 at some point, but “The Magic Kingdom is close to being put on his plate.

Disney has issued their Toy Story 3 press release, which confirms that the film will bow in multiple versions.

A single-disc DVD (SRP $29.99), a 2-disc Blu-ray (SRP $39.99) and a 4-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo (SRP $45.99). You’ll also be able to buy a new Ultimate Toy Box 3-Movie Collection (SRP $100) which will include Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy versions of all three Toy Story films.

Once again, the Toy Story 3 DVD will include the Day & Night animated short, 5 featurettes (Toys!, Paths to Pixar: Editorial, The Gang’s All Here, Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs: The Science of Adventure and A Toy’s Eye View: Creating a Whole New Land) and 3 Studio Stories shorts (Where’s Gordon?, Cereal Bar and Clean Start).

To this, the Blu-ray will add a Cine-Explore commentary/viewing mode (with director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson), a Beyond the Toybox alternate commentary track (with story supervisor Jason Katz, supervising technical director Guido Quaroni, production designer Bob Pauley and supervising animators Bobby Podesta and Michael Venturini), the Toy Story Trivia Dash game and 7 more featurettes (Beginnings: Setting a Story in Motion, Bonnie’s Playtime: A Story Roundtable, Roundin’ Up a Western Opening, Life of a Shot, Goodbye Andy, Accidental Toymakers and The Making of Day & Night). Audio on the Blu-ray will be 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.

I am looking forward to this set. Love all these films.

You can pre order the box trilogy below for 35% off which brings all three blurays and extras to $65.99.

Gearing up for the Tron sequel? I know I am. Disney is going to rev up Tron in a very big way in their Theme Parks. We are talking rides, food, arcades, a dance club, live entertainers, and much much more. Disney says it is going to be ELECTRIFYING.

Disney had to say this about it.

“It’s an “electrifying” experience for the entire family, filled with music, lights and some of your favorite food and beverage, all set amidst the captivating world of “TRON: Legacy!” From a dazzling dance club under the stars to an authentic recreation of Flynn’s Arcade to some radical gaming, it’s like nowhere else on the grid! Each night, we’ll feature live entertainers, complete with lasers, glow accessories and the hottest music ever to rock the grid. ElecTRONica is “the” place to dance the night away in a fantastic world that only Disney can create. Highlights for the entire family will definitely be Flynn’s Video Arcade, face painting and the TRON: Evolution video game area. TRON fans and families can also enjoy the party seven days a week during Thanksgiving week and Christmas week.”

‘The Cat People‘ really thrilled people back in 1942, so in 1944, they made a sequel called ‘The Curse of the Cat People‘. It was all marketing though as ‘Curse‘ barely had anything to do with the original film, besides some of the same characters and actors. Notably, the filmmaker Ray Wise made this movie. Who is Ray Wise you ask? Holy Shit, I’ll tell you. He directed ‘West Side Story‘, ‘The Sound of Music‘, and even edited ‘Citizen Kane‘ to name a few projects he’s worked on. Not exactly a light-weight.

It’s hard to believe that this film has been out for 25 years. ‘Hocus Pocus‘ had a strange story to it in that it’s a Halloween film from Disney that was released in the middle of Summer in 1993 against the movie ‘Free Willy‘. It stood no chance whatsoever and only made a little bit more than its budget. That being said, over the past two decades, ‘Hocus Pocus‘ has become a strong cult film amongst adults and kids alike where cosplayers and fans still celebrate this movie to this day with giant fandom. Say what you will about this movie, it’s always impressive that a movie that was virtually disliked by a ton of professionals and didn’t make money when it came out, but has become super successful for twenty years and counting is nothing short of a miracle.

Disney is on a roll these days with their recent ‘Star Wars‘ franchise. Not only do we have the new Episodes, but we are getting spin-off movies that focus on a singular story from the past or a certain character. One character that we all have loved from the original trilogy, but don’t know a great deal about is Han Solo. Sure, we know he was a smuggler, is an anti-hero, loved the princess, and helped save the Galaxy with his wookie partner Chewbacca, as they flew from planet to planet on the iconic Millennium Falcon. Through the original trilogy, we heard small lines of dialogue that gave us the tiniest glimpse at his background and life before he met Obi-Wan and Luke. Fortunately, we now have ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story‘ to answer all of those questions for us.

Ever since ‘The Lion King’ (1994 film) debuted in movie theaters, the musical’s popularity has conquered more than just that box office. Only third in line to the thrown of Disney’s top-grossing films, it was inevitable that this animated picture would be adapted into a stage production. Satisfying the lingering hunger of audiences, ‘The Lion King’ (1997 musical) is not only Broadway’s third longest-running show, but it surpassed the film’s success as Broadway’s top-grossing musical ever. Combined with phenomenal puppetry, vibrant costumes, a sensational set design and a disreputably epic soundtrack, it’s easy to see why ‘The Lion King’ has been crowned the best. Be prepared for a royal experience—this interactive musical will pounce on your emotions and leave your heart roaring with excitement!

A ton of us grew up on ‘Ducktales‘ back in the 1980s and 1990s. We can even sing the theme song by heart with that famous “WOO-OOO”, which always brings a smile to my face. It seemed like ‘Ducktales‘ was only set for re-runs, but lucky for us, Disney revived the hit animated TV show and now we have new episodes featuring some of our favorite duck characters. We now have a new DVD titled ‘Ducktales: Destination Adventure!‘, which features six episodes of the new series, along with two classic episodes from the original tv show. Now that’s fantastic.

THE FILMS

Presented here in 4K UHD are the first 4 ‘Jurassic Park‘ films, including ‘Jurassic Park‘, ‘Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World‘, ‘Jurassic Park 3‘, and ‘Jurassic World‘, which came out only a couple of years ago. Back in 1993, Steven Spielberg gave us the world of dinosaurs in such a moving, emotional, and entertaining way, that his first film ‘Jurassic Park‘, became a milestone in filmmaking and paved the way for a ton of creative minds over the next few years. With a mix of practical effects and state-of-the-art CGI effects, Spielberg and his crew of filmmakers created dinosaurs all over again, which became a huge phenomenon.

THE FILM

(This film portion was written by Beka Perlstein!)

I really wanted to like A Wrinkle in Time more than I did. I gave it my best shot, but in the end, the only thing I can honestly say was that it had lots of great colors. Perhaps it was my high expectations for a Disney film, plus OprahWinfrey and Mindy Kaling that set me up for disappointment, but regardless, I was left feeling let down in a film that I knew practically nothing about. I have never read the 1962 Madeleine L’Engle novel, so I honestly had no clue what the plot was but whatever, it’s Disney, it’s gonna be good. Well…

THE FILM

Five years have past since Disney opened the vault and let loose their animated ‘Peter Pan‘ movie. In 2013, it was the 60th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray. Now, it’s 2018, and we have the 65th Anniversary Blu-ray Signature Edition. This is the same exact Blu-ray release from 2013, but with a few new bonus features and different cover art. Both the 2013 version and this 2018 version come with Digital Copies, which is good, along with a DVD version. If you have the previous edition, there’s really no need to re-buy this one, unless you’re a huge fan or want the new bonus features, which will be listed out below. It’s the same film, the same video and audio presentations as well.

We have a very fun 82nd episode of our fun podcast under the MULTI-MEDIA MEN banner called ‘Media-Ocrity‘, where the show is just – okay. Here on the show, we focus strictly on horror/sci-fi, comic books, and video games – basically all the fun stuff that tickles your fancy. In our 82nd episode, titled ‘The Pretentious Predator‘, we discuss ‘Deadpool 2‘, the new Predator movie trailer, Disney purchasing 20th Century Fox, Star Wars movie rankings, and pretentious movies. It was so much fun. This episode is guaranteed to thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you. I am joined pop-culture wizard Jonathan Atterbury and comic book artist Jeremy Megert.

Disney is on a roll these days with their recent ‘Star Wars‘ franchise. Not only do we have the new Episodes, but we are getting spin-off movies that focus on a singular story from the past or a certain character. One character that we all have loved from the original trilogy, but don’t know a great deal about is Han Solo. Sure, we know he was a smuggler, is an anti-hero, loved the princess, and helped save the Galaxy with his wookie partner Chewbacca, as they flew from planet to planet on the iconic Millennium Falcon. Through the original trilogy, we heard small lines of dialogue that gave us the tiniest glimpse at his background and life before he met Obi-Wan and Luke. Fortunately, we now have ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story‘ to answer all of those questions for us.

THE FILM

There is always hope for a new ‘Star Wars‘ movie. Two years ago with ‘The Force Awakens‘, Disneyand JJ Abrams reinvigorated the franchise into becoming the #1 movie of all time. Not only was it financially successful, but it brought a new love to the film series, since the prequels almost destroyed all that ‘Star Wars‘ had built up since 1977. It was a new day in the ‘Star Wars‘ universe with new characters crossing paths with our favorite original characters, which made our collective nerdy hearts soar with happiness and nostalgia.

I really wanted to like A Wrinkle in Time more than I did. I gave it my best shot, but in the end, the only thing I can honestly say was that it had lots of great colors. Perhaps it was my high expectations for a Disney film, plus Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling that set me up for disappointment, but regardless, I was left feeling let down in a film that I knew practically nothing about. I have never read the 1962 Madeleine L’Engle novel, so I honestly had no clue what the plot was but whatever, it’s Disney, it’s gonna be good. Well…

THE FILM

(This film portion was written by Beka Perlstein.)

If you’re like me, you’ve seen the previews for Coco and thought, what is this movie and how is Disney going to make a movie all about death translate to kids. It didn’t stop me from jumping at the chance to preview the film and now I submit my apologies to Disney and the world that I ever doubted their creative genius. I’m loco for Coco and you will be, too.